House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Black History is American History Act
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of African descent in the settling and founding of America, the economic and political environments that led to the development, institutionalization, and abolition of slavery and its impact on all Americans, the exploration and expansion of America, impact on and contributions to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce Beatty D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 31, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 844.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BEATTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H433):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (Taxing and Spending)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 844, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
60 cosponsors — 60 Democrats
0 of 60 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) and 30 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joyce Beatty.
- H.R. 1450 (119th) OFAC Licensure for Investigators Act
- H.R. 3709 (119th) Advancing the Mentor-Protégé Program for Small Financial Institutions Act
- H.Res. 1107 (119th) Memorializing Rev. Jesse Jackson by flying the flag of the United States at halfstaff.
- H.R. 916 (119th) Rosa Parks Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1976 (119th) Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025
- H.R. 6125 (119th) Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.